ABANDONED BY HIS CIA HANDLER, KGB DOUBLE-AGENT NIKOLAI DZERZHINSKY SEEKS ASYLUM IN THE US BEFORE HE IS DISCOVERED. HE OFFERS THE WASHINGTON POST PROOF OF WAR CRIMES IN EXCHANGE FOR SAFE PASSAGE INTO AMERICA.
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HIS FORMER CIA HANDLER, ANTHONY GREENGLASS, HAS NO INTENTION OF GOING TO PRISON. HE SENDS DISGRACED SPECIAL FORCES COMMANDER ROBERT HARPER UNDERCOVER AS A JOURNALIST. HARPER'S MISSION IS TO INTERCEPT THE EVIDENCE AND KILL NIKOLAI.
THE TWO MEN MEET AT A LONG-ABANDONED SOVIET LISTENING POST DEEP IN THE MEXICAN DESERT AND BOTH MEN QUICKLY LEARN THAT THE HOPES AND PRAYERS OF THE HUNTED ARE HEARD BY NONE.
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CHARACTERS
ROBERT
JOHN HARPER
BORN: AUGUST 12TH, 1941
OCCUPATION: CIA SPECIAL AGENT
BIOGRAPHY: ROBERT HARPER CANNOT ESCAPE THE SINS OF HIS PAST FOR A DECADE HE WAS A SPECIAL FORCES CAPTAIN. THE DISTANCE AND DANGER OF HIS OCCUPATION CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS WIFE AMD SON. BUT, WHEN AN OPERATION DEEP INSIDE LAOS WENT BAD, ROBERT FOUND HIMSELF THE SCAPEGOAT.
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NOW HE'S A GLORIFIER PAPER PUSHER FOR THE CIA, CAREFULLY REBUILDING HIS TENUOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS TEENAGE BOY. HE'S A MAN WHO HAS LOST SO MUCH, AND CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE THE LITTLE HE STILL HAS. AND THERE'S NO LINE HE WON'T CROSS TO PROTECT WHAT’S LEFT.
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